Phosphorus containing monomers



United States 3,076,011 PHUSPHGRUS CONTAINING MONGMERS Charles L. l-lamermesh, Canoga Park, Calif., and Norman G. Gaylord, New Providence, N..l., assignors to Interchemical Corporation, New York, N.Y., a corporation of Ohio No Drawing. Filed Apr. 8, 1960, Ser. No. 20,818 5 Claims. (Cl. 260-461) where A is a member selected from the group consisting of (OCH CH where n is a number from 1 to 45, -OC5H4*, and OC H.;C(CH --C6H4- and R is either C T-I or C I- 0. They are prepared bythe condensation of either phenyl phosphorus oxydichloride or phenoxyphosphorus oxydichloride with a diol, paratent ticularly Bisphenol 'A' which is p,p-isopropylidene-' diphenol, hydroquinone as Well as ethylene glycol and polymers thereof. Chlorine determinations made on the novel monomers disclose chlorine percentages of 20% to 40% which indicates a substantially complete replacement ofthe 2 chlorine atoms by 2 (HAO) radicals.

Phosphorus containing ethoxylin resins may be prepared from the monomers of this invention by reacting said monomers with epichlorohydrin following a procedure similar to that described in US. Patent No. 2,512,996. The phosphorus containing ethyoxylin resins thus formed may be further reacted with fatty acids such as dehydrated castor oil fatty acid to produce phosphorus containing resinous esters and these resinous esters may be further reacted with ethylenically unsaturated compounds such as methyl methacrylate to produce modified resinous esters.

Bisphenol A is the preferred diol for best results.

While the proportions of the reactants used in preparing the novel monomers of this invention are not critical for the most desirable results, 2 moles of diol are preferably reacted With each mole of oxydichloride.

The monomers are prepared by a condensation reaction involving the heating of a mixture of the reactants and removing the Water of condensation. Where Bisphenol A is one of the reactants, it is preferred to add the oxydichloride dropwise.

The following examples will illustrate the practice of this invention:

Example 1 G (A) Phenyl phosphorus oxydichloride 196 (B) Bisphenol A 456 Example 2 The procedure of Example 1 is repeated using the following ingredients:

G (A) Phenoxyphosphorus oxydichloride 307 (B) Bisphenol A 660 Example 3 The procedure of Example 1 is repeated using the following ingredients:

G (A) Phenyl phosphorus oxydichloride 65 (B) Bisphenol A 76 Example 4 The procedure of Example 1 is repeated using the following ingredients:

(A) Phenoxyphosphorus oxydichloride 71 (B) BisphenolA 76 Example 5 (A) Phenyl phosphorus oxydichloride 196 (B) Hydroquinone 220 A and B are mixed and heated to l50160 C. and

maintained at thistemperature for 6 to 7 hours. The product is then cooled and cast.

. E a p v i' G (A) Phenoxyphosphorus oxydichloride 212 (B) Ethylene glycol e 62 To B maintained at C., A is added dropwise with continuous stirring overa period of one hour. The mixture is then heated over a nine hour period, the temperature being slowly raised to C.

Example 7 G (A) Phenyl phosphorus oxydichloride 196 (B) Ethylene glycol 62 To B maintained at 40-60 C., A is added dropwise over a period of 1 hour with continuous stirring. The mixture is then maintained at 155 170 C. for 4 hours.

Example 9 The procedure of Example 8 is repeated with the following ingredients:

(A)Phenyl phosphorus oxydichloride 24 (B) Polyethylene glycol having a mol. wt. of 1000.. 125

Example 10 The procedure of Example 8 is repeated using the following ingredients:

G (A) Phenyl phosphorus oxydichloride 49 (B) Polyethylene glycol having a mol. wt. of 400-- 100 Example 11 (A) The product of Example 1, 550 g. (B) 57 g. of NaOH in 494 g. of H 0.

(C) p h m 4 sv V (D) 22.8 g. of NaOH in 57 g. of H 0. (E) 8.3 g. of NaOH in 29 g. of H 0.

A is dissolved in B resulting in a violent reaction.

After the reaction subsides, C is added. The mixture 5 is heated to 72' C. and D is added. After 30 minutes, E is added. The upper aqueous layer is decanted and the product is Washed with water until the washings are neutral.

Example I2 The procedure of Example '11 is repeated using the same ingredients and proportions except that the product of Example 2 is used in place of the product of Example 1.

Example 13 The procedure of Example 11 is repeated using the following ingredients:

(A) The product-of Example 5, 858 g.

(B) 142 g. NaOH in 956 g. of H 0. Epichlorohydrin, 462.5 g.

D) 57 g. NaOl-l in 145 g. of H 0. ('13) 20 g. NaOH in 70 g. of H 0.

Example 14 maintained at said temperature until an acid value below is reached.

Example 15 Example 14 is repeated using the same ingredients except that the product of Example 12is used in place of the product of Example 11.

Example 16 The product of Example 15, 100 g. of methyl methacrylate and 66.6 g. of xylene are heated to 120 C. and 1 g. of tertiary butyl perbenzoate is added. The temperature is raised to and maintained at C. for 2 hours at which time, another '1 g. of tertiary butyl perbenzoate is added and the heating at 130 C. is continued for 1 hour.

While there have been described what are at present considered to be the preferred embodiments of this invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the invention, and it is, therefore, aimed to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit of this invention.

What is claimed is:

1. Compounds having the formula (HO-CaH4-C(CH )aCsH4O-)2l CsH5 3. A compound having the formula 0 (HO- CoH40')r'%CsH 4. A compound having the formula (H 0=CH -C (CHQPCqHrO)r-%O 00H; 5. A compound having the formula References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,870,972 Theumann Aug. 9, 1932 2,653,161 Ballard Sept. 22, 1953 2,683,168 Jensen et a1 July 6, 1954 2,795,609 Jensen et a1 June 11, 1957 

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